An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 144
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 144
Fr. _capriole_, id.
_Polwart._
CAPROWSY, _s._ A short cloak furnished with a hood.
_Evergreen._
Fr. _cappe-rosin_, a red coloured cloak.
_To_ CAPSTRIDE, _v. a._ To drink in place of another, to whom it belongs, when the vessel is going round a company, S.
E. _cap_ and _stride_.
CAPUL, _s._ A horse.
V. ~Capyl~.
CAR, _adj._ Left, left-handed.
V. ~Ker~.
CAR, CAAR, _s._ A sledge, a hurdle, S.
Ir. _carr_, id.
_Wallace._
CARAGE, _s._
V. ~Arage~.
CARALYNGIS, _s. pl._ Dancing.
_Houlate._
Fr. _caroll-er_, to dance, to revel.
CARAMEILE, _s._ An edible root.
V. ~Carmele~.
CARCAT, CARKAT, CARCANT, _s._
1. A necklace, E. _carcanet_.
_Maitland P._
2. A pendant ornament of the head.
_Watsons Coll._
CARDINAL, _s._ A long cloak, or mantle, worn by women, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CARE, _v. a._ To drive.
V. ~Cair~.
CARE-BED LAIR, A disconsolate situation; q. "_lying_ in the _bed_ of care," S. B.
_Ross._
CARECAKE, KERCAIK, _s._ A small cake, baked with eggs, and eaten on _Yule-day_, in the north of S.
V. Next term.
CARE SONDAY, according to some, that immediately preceding Good Friday, but generally used to signify the fifth in Lent, S.
V. ~Carlings~.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Germ. _kar_, satisfactio, from _karr-en_, _ker-en_, emendare; or Su. G. _kaer-a_, to complain.
CARGE, _To carge_, in charge.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _carguer_, used as _charger_.
CARIE, _adj._ Soft, pliable.